Original blue cloth on boards. Selected and edited by Richard Foster Jones of Stanford University. Very limited marking to text, but extensive notes on endpapers. Headband torn. 491 pp. Bacon, 1561-1626, is known as a natural philosopher. He rose to the position of Lord Chancellor under James I. View more info

Green cloth embossed front and back on boards. Previous owner's name in pencil. More than 80 authors are sampled here, from Aedesius to Zeno. Pages of text are uniformly dark, with marginal spots of foxing. 408 pp. View more info

Sequel to his Looking Backward, which he outlines in t he Preface to bring readers up to date. Sample chapter headings: Why the Revolution Did Not Come Earlier, How Inequality of Wealth Destroys Liberty, and Foreign Commerce Under Profits; Protection and Free Trade. Lots to think about and discuss ! No writing. First free endpaper missing. Minor cover wear. 412 pp. View more info

Paperback of quotations from various sources. Text varies from about 20 percent of the space on a page to about 40 percent of the page. The rest of the page remains blank. Instead of the existing 307 pp., the text could have been printed on about 100 pp. Pp. 111 to 120 were re-inserted previously. View more info

Green cloth on boards. No writing. First free endpaper missing. Herder's Conversations of 1787, together with his Ideas toward a Philosophy of Mankind are considered by some to be his most important and most influential works. Conversations resulted from controversy between Jacobi and Mendelssohn. Herder as Theophron shows Philolaus a better understanding of Spinoza. Number 10 in the Hafner Library of Classics. 247 pp. with Index. View more info

Original bright green cloth on boards. Gift note and Christmas stamp. This anthology of philosophers offers a quick survey of the field. Whether sampling an unfamiliar name or reviewing a favourite, the reader will find substance in this volume. 378 pp. Whit Burnett and his wife were founders of Story Magazine. View more info

Green cloth backed in green leather on boards. Previous owner`s name and date of 1914. First seen in Fraser`s Magazine in 1833-1834, it is known as the inspiration for the Transcendental Movement. Sponsored by Ralph Waldo Emerson, it became an important text of 19th Century English literature. James Joyce, Willa Cather,Virginia Woolf, and Ernest Hemingway were associated with the movement. 334 pp. with index. Four small, faint stains on cover. View more info

Original brown cloth on boards. College library evidence. Broken hinges required gluing to hold all together. First written in 1837, can be considered one of the anchor texts of philosophy due to its comparisons of seven of those then best known in the field - Kant, Jacobi, Herbart, Fichte, Schleirmacher, Schelling, and Hegel. Translated by Rev. Alfred Edersheim of the Free Church of Old Aberdeen. Another one I would like to read before I sell it. 443 pp. View more info

Red cloth on boards. Library stamp and card pocket. An account of the reciprocating influences upon the life of a young Frenchman. He stalled his sweetheart when she wanted to marry. His differences with his father led to his being confined in a monastery. Eventually he became known for his philosophy, as expressed primarily in publication of the Encyclopedie. 442 pp. with index. View more info

Light brown cloth on boards. No writing or damage. The author is clearly aware of philosophical concerns associated with John Locke, and later, Ferdinand de Saussure and Charles Sanders Peirce - what is called 'semiotics' today. Evidence of this fact is contained in dozens of letters written to churchmen and professors between 1879 and 1891, together with their replies, which are reproduced here in part. Others of this author's titles, Significs and Language, and Links ... View more info

Dark blue calf in 3/4 style on blue cloth, on boards. No writing. No damage except two short scrapes on leather on back of Vol. I. From the library of a medical doctor, this set exudes quality of both thought and material. The author uses quotes from a multitude of authors to prove various points, all related to melancholia, or what is presently called clinical depression. Burton's humour prevails throughout. Vol. 3 rear endpaper bears this in light pencil : "b... View more info

Original full leather on boards. Gap length of front joint. Five volumes in one: Mental Illumination and Moral Improvement of Mankind, Essay on the Sin and Evils of Covetousness, Celestial Scenery, Sidereal Heavens, and Practical Astronomer. Holding together well and readable. Individually paginated. View more info

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